Darkened Glass Reflections

Category: Bible meditations

Abiding in the Vine: II. Staying Connected to Christ and His People

The branches of a vine or tree need the rest of the plant, including the other branches. Christians cannot expect to live out our faith alone. We need other Christians to help keep us connected to Christ.

September 1, 2019
Abiding in the Vine: I. An Introduction

We can learn several key lessons from Jesus’ parable of the vine and branches. These are lessons of entire sanctification, perfect conformity, absolute dependence, and undoubting confidence.

August 25, 2019
Milking Spiritual Authority: II. Growing Outward

“So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good” (1 Peter 2:1–3; part 2 of a series).

August 9, 2019
Milking Spiritual Maturity: I. All or Nothing

“So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.”

August 4, 2019
Divine Flashlight

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalms 119:105)

July 28, 2019
Hungering and Thirsting for Righteousness

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied”

July 21, 2019
Rooting Out Pride and Cultivating Humility

As a follow-up to my recent post about pride, I share a few practical biblical suggestions for dealing with pride and developing humility.

July 17, 2019
Killer Pride

Perhaps one of the worst sins is one that almost all of us have, but few confess. We do not notice it in ourselves, but we recoil when we see it in others. That sin is pride.

July 14, 2019
Foolish Wisdom

If we choose to accept God’s wisdom, we will seem foolish to the world. We will think like Jesus thinks, worship like Jesus worshiped, love as Jesus loves, and forgive as He has forgiven us.

June 23, 2019
Recognizing Idolatry

Idolatry is not only about praying to graven images. Greed and elevating any person or thing before God are forms of idolatry. Here are a few ways to decide if you are an idolator.

June 16, 2019